News (2023)19 July 2023|GleichstellungEqual Opportunity Prize 2023 awarded to the dynaMENT mentoring programPhoto: UHH/FeuerbötherThe mentoring program "dynaMENT: Mentoring for Women in Natural Sciences" has been awarded Universität Hamburg's Equal Opportunity Prize 2023. The...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging of Matter11 July 2023|PublikationTermites as cause of fairy circles in Namib Desert confirmedPhoto: UHH/MIN/JürgensIn the debate about the cause of the mysterious bald circles in grasslands on the eastern edge of the Namib Desert, it has now been confirmed that...7 July 2023|MIN-enWinner of the video contest in the category physicsFranziska Esmek took first place in the physics category with her video "A new Method for analyzing DNA." In her animated video, created with Adobe...7 July 2023|PublikationHow plant trait selection can influence analysis resultsPhoto: UHH/BioThe characteristics of roots are thought to be critical to understanding the form and function of plants in their ecological context. A study...6 July 2023|MIN-enWinner of the video contest in the category informaticsDr. Matthias Kerzel, together with Erik Strahl and Franziska Schmidt, won first place of the University Video competition in the category of computer...5 July 2023|MIN-enWinner of the video competition in the category earth system scienceSina Simona Pinter took first place in the Earth System Science category with her video "Analyzing how ocean physics prevents coral reef formation."...5 July 2023|ForschungDisplaced electrons drive nanoparticle oscillationsPhoto: UHH/H. LangePhotocatalysis, sensors, solar cells: Plasmons promise a variety of applications if the processes triggered by optical excitation in the nanoparticles...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights4 July 2023|MIN-enWinner of the video contest in the category chemistryAlexey Stepanyuk took first place in the chemistry category with his video "Merry Christmas!". His video shows the soft rubber fingers for robotic...3 July 2023|MIN-enWinner of the video contest in the category BiologyAlfonso Aceves-Aparicio and Pablo Narezo-Guzman took first place in the biology category with their video "The Ant-Slayer." Their video uses...3 July 2023|MIN-enString theorist Edward Witten is awarded the Hamburg Prize for Theoretical PhysicsPhoto: OFC LLCThe American physicist Edward Witten will be awarded the Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics 2023. The professor emeritus at the Institute for...28 June 2023|PublikationNew experiment reveals how ultrafast conversion of urea progressesPhoto: DESY, Ludger InhesterUsing a special X-ray source, a research team has succeeded in unraveling the first, extremely fast steps of the light-induced urea conversion. With...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights26 June 2023|MIN-enFlorian Grüner receives the Innovation Award for Synchrotron RadiationPhoto: UHH/MIN/GrünerFlorian Grüner, professor at the University of Hamburg and at the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), a cooperation between DESY, the...8 June 2023|PublikationX-rays visualize how one of nature’s strongest bonds breaksPhoto: Raphael JayThe use of short flashes of X-ray light brings scientists one big step closer toward developing better catalysts to transform the greenhouse gas...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights1 June 2023|CampusMentoring: start of applications and information eventPhoto: dynaMENTThe new round of applications for the dynaMENT Mentoring for Women in Natural Sciences program is now open. This program is aimed at women in the...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging of Matter30 May 2023|PublikationBiological specimens imaged with X-rays without damagePhoto: DESY/CFELA pollen grain showing the nanofoam within or a diatom with the individual geometric structures inside clearly visible: Using high-energy X-rays from...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights16 May 2023|ForschungFrancesca Calegari is new CUI spokespersonPhoto: DESY, Gesine BornProf. Franscesca Calegari is a new spokesperson of the Cluster of Excellence "CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter". Together with Prof. Henry Chapman and...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging of Matter2 May 2023|VeranstaltungResearchers quench thirst for knowledge in Hamburg's bars on 11 MayPhoto: DESYAre climate negotiations just hot air? Can artificial trees generate electricity? And can artificial intelligence actually cook? On 11 May 2023 at 8...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging of Matter26 April 2023|PublikationNew imaging technique opens a new pathPhoto: Fabian TrostAn international research team has succeeded for the first time in using X-rays for an imaging technique that exploits a particular quantum property...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights11 April 2023|ForschungMildred Dresselhaus Guest Professorship 2023: call for applications and nominationsPhoto: Columbia University, Collage Jana BackhausApplications and nominations are now open for the "Mildred Dresselhaus Guest Professorship Program 2023". The aim of the program is to promote...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging of Matter30 March 2023|VeranstaltungPictures from the Micro WorldPhoto: Esmek, Fernandez-Cuesta/UHHColorful images from the micro world of basic research that only reveal themselves at second glance: From April 4 to 24, 2023, the Cluster of...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging of MatterPrevious articlesMore articles